Example sentences of "and was [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1923 Van Der Meulen applied for the post of consul there and was selected for a three-year training in Arabic and Islam by the great Leiden Arabist , Snouck Hurgronje . |
| 2 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 3 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 4 | At the end of 1990 Grayson found his way into the Preston first team and was selected for Lancashire last year in his first real season . |
| 5 | One monoclonal antibody , KS128 , demonstrated high expression on freshly prepared peripheral blood lymphocytes ( PBL ) , monocytes and granulocytes ( data not shown ) and was selected for further study . |
| 6 | I won and was selected for Oxford against Cambridge . |
| 7 | His wife escaped with her life and was treated for shock . |
| 8 | Claire , of Gipsy Hill , south-east London , needed 10 stitches and was treated for black eyes and severe bruises at King 's College Hospital . |
| 9 | She has only recently returned to full duties , and was treated for shock and minor cuts . |
| 10 | While studying Fine Art at Trent Polytechnic , Jan suffered a nervous breakdown and was treated for depression . |
| 11 | Rowley Mill , next downstream , like Clanna and Rodmore , was originally an iron forge and was advertised for sale in 1797 . |
| 12 | Pliny spoke of the kraken in the Straits of Gibraltar , where it basked on the warm surface of the water and was mistaken for a series of small islands . |
| 13 | Your RR was originally produced as a left hand drive and was destined for Europe . |
| 14 | Its cost was £5,000 per car and was destined for the twelve sun saloons and six of the 1937 railcoaches , although these never materialised . |
| 15 | Cowen , of Holloway , north London , admitted robbery and was remanded for reports . |
| 16 | Ieremia Tabai has been President since independence and was elected for a fourth term on May 12 , 1987 , despite a constitutional prohibition on any individual serving more than three terms in the post . |
| 17 | Philip Matthews had a brief incumbency and was replaced for the North American tour by David Irwin , who in turn gave way because of injury to Willie Anderson . |
| 18 | But while they were out in the garden during the afternoon they began talking to the man next door who had a motorbike and was leaving for the City on it at seven . |
| 19 | Some accounts claim that the Lamia was actually Lilith , Adam 's first wife , who refused to bear his children and was cursed for deserting him . |
| 20 | Namibia was reportedly to seek IMF and World Bank membership , and was to remain for at least two years a part of the Southern African Customs Union . |
| 21 | The husband drew cheques on the company 's account and was prosecuted for theft from the company and convicted . |
| 22 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 23 | Supporters of both sides could enjoy such matches and the crowd two years later back up in Scotland was enormous and was hoping for a repeat of the excitement . |
| 24 | By 3pm Dez had washed 39 cars , mostly Jaguars , Mercedes , Porsches and even a couple of Rolls Royces , plus a few Ford Escorts and other smaller cars , and was appealing for more cars ! . |
| 25 | The Party had supported Labour candidates and was calling for the return of a Labour Government . |
| 26 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
| 27 | Ricard agreed and was searching for the key on the ring of his belt when we heard the sound of horses and men shouting . |
| 28 | She had innate sense of good movement and was searching for a system embodying those principles which fulfilled her concept of the art of movement and teaching its technique . |
| 29 | The third servant simply buried the funds entrusted to him in a hole in the ground for safekeeping and was condemned for his worthlessness because he had not even taken the ( virtually riskless ) alternative of leaving the money on deposit with the bankers . |
| 30 | Here again the core of the work probably dates from some time before ( late 1745 ) and was expanded for the 1747 event . |